Double free error in libmad - CVE-2018-7263

 

Double free error in libmad - CVE-2018-7263

Published: March 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11227
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7263
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Underbit Technologies
Affected software:
libmad

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the mad_decoder_run() function due to double free error. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted file and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7263

Cybersecurity is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.

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